CHAPTER 229: CHAPTER 228: WHERE IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ELDER? (4TH UPDATE, ASKING FOR SUBSCRIPTION)

[According to statistics, on the basis of not taking any spirit elixirs, cultivators with dual spirit roots and anomalous spirit roots typically advance one layer every thirty years, whereas those with celestial spirit roots advance one layer every twenty years.]

[The host has top-grade three spirit roots (equivalent to seventy percent of the speed of celestial spirit roots), with an average advancement of one layer every twenty-eight years. The Pure Yang Dao Body provides a three-year reduction; the Pure Yang Broken Sword provides an additional three-year reduction. However, the lifebound treasure absorbs qi and blood, and true qi, thus slowing cultivation, prolonging it by eight years.]

[In practice, it averages out to a thirty-year improvement per layer.]

[Based on elixir grade and elixir poison ratio, lower-grade Pure Yang Pills are taken once every ten years, middle-grade Pure Yang Pills every five years, upper-grade Pure Yang Pills every three years, and supreme-grade Pure Yang Pills every year. Consuming one Pure Yang Pill can save three years of arduous cultivation.]

[If a supreme-grade Pure Yang Pill is taken annually, it only takes ten years to improve one layer.]

Lu Xuanji smiled.

The data deduced by the phone is only of reference value and not absolutely accurate.

For example, small bottlenecks can occur midway, stalling progress.

For example, the difficulty increases significantly at later stages; advancing from the first layer to the second layer of the Purple Mansion, or the eighth layer to the ninth, naturally involves more difficulty and time for the latter.

Moreover, there are some uncertain factors that haven’t been accounted for.

However, the benefits brought by supreme-grade elixirs are evident.

The therapeutic effects of a lower-grade Pure Yang Pill are nearly the same as a supreme-grade Pure Yang Pill concerning the enhancement of cultivation speed, breaking through bottlenecks, and so on.

The difference lies in the frequency of consumption.

Lower-grade elixirs have more elixir poison. After ingesting, one must refine and expel the poison, needing a gap of ten years, or even longer; but with supreme-grade elixirs, having much less elixir poison, the time spent refining and expelling it is much less, allowing for frequent consumption.

For some poor individuals who do not plan to splurge, there’s essentially no difference between lower-grade and supreme-grade pills.

But for those cultivators who intend to splurge, the disparity between lower-grade and supreme-grade is vast.

Whoosh!

With that, Lu Xuanji continued alchemy.

All four portions of Pure Yang Grass were refined, along with five portions of Purple Sunflower and other medicinal materials, culminating in the end of alchemy approximately two months later.

The alchemy began with much excitement but by the end, there was an urge to vomit.

However, the results were gratifying: forty-eight Pure Yang Pills, fifty-five Purple Mansion Pills, thirty Nirvana Pills, with a mishap occurring midway resulting in some elixirs being damaged.

Then, he took out the Medicine Nourishing Gourd and placed these elixirs within.

Elixirs, too, have a shelf life, lasting up to twenty years at most.

Expired elixirs can cause issues upon ingestion.

Storing them within the Medicine Nourishing Gourd extends the shelf life to fifty years.

...

Stepping out of the seclusion chamber, seated in the hall, Lu Xuanji sensed the family’s situation.

The Grand Elder was in seclusion, now at the sixth layer of the Purple Mansion;

Ye Wanyi was also in seclusion, cultivation surged to the seventh layer of the Purple Mansion.

Seeing them in seclusion, Lu Xuanji did not disturb them, instead picking up an account book to tally up the income and expenses and assess the family members’ situation.

After annexing the Zhao Family, the Lu territory more than doubled, annual revenue increased to five hundred thousand spirit stones, while corresponding expenses maintained at just three hundred thousand spirit stones, resulting in a growing financial surplus, improving fiscal health.

It’s just a pity that he had already dismissed this modest family income.

Previously, in True Monarch Han Yi’s cave mansion, he had obtained eight million low-grade spirit stones, one hundred thousand middle-grade spirit stones, one hundred upper-grade spirit stones, and even one top-grade spirit stone, making him a veritable wealthy man; additionally, with the high pill formation rate of double cauldron alchemy and the high-grade elixirs, selling them would yield at least eight hundred thousand spirit stones annually.

He couldn’t care less about his family’s income and surplus.

Of course, calculations couldn’t simply be done this way.

Supreme-grade Pure Yang Pill, supreme-grade Purple Mansion Pill, supreme-grade Nirvana Pill cannot be sold externally due to the potential for problems, only to be internally digested.

Furthermore, family cultivators must consume the elixirs immediately upon receiving them without taking them away, to prevent elixir information from leaking.

"How could I lower the elixir grade? Low-grade elixirs are safer; if high-grade elixirs leak in large quantities... the Lu Family couldn’t withstand it!" Lu Xuanji frowned, worrying about the excessively high grade of elixirs.

Having only one or two supreme-grade elixirs isn’t problematic; however, a batch of dozens of supreme-grade elixirs would undoubtedly cause significant issues.

"Hmm, the family has birthed two more Purple Mansion cultivators... though they are lower grade, with slim prospects of forming a Golden Core, they can still contribute to the family!" Lu Xuanji commented happily.

The two new Purple Mansion cultivators are Lu Xuanling and Lu Xuanyue.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

At this moment, Lu Xuanji sounded the bell.

With the sound of the bell, all cultivators not in seclusion assembled in the hall.

About an hour later, over five hundred cultivators gathered in the grand hall.

Lu Xuanji seated on the throne, remained expressionless.

Lu Xuanling and Lu Xuanyue stood on either side with slightly anxious expressions.

They were Purple Mansion Elders and, by logic, should be equals with the clan leader, but they knew within they were unqualified, feeling at ease standing instead.

Below were thirty-five Foundation Establishment elders, also filled with trepidation.

In contrast, the Qi Cultivation cultivators looked curiously at the legendary clan leader, feeling admiration, envy, and longing.

Viewing the cultivators present, most faces were unfamiliar, with only a few familiar to him.

Decades in seclusion seemed but a short time to him, yet had outlasted many older cultivators.

"Where is the Law Enforcement Elder?"

Lu Xuanji asked.

"Greetings, Clan Leader!" a Foundation Establishment cultivator stepped forward.

"How is the family situation of late? Any cultivators violating family rules?" Lu Xuanji inquired.

The Law Enforcement Elder answered.

Lu Xuanji’s questions started off normally, but increasingly became more difficult and probing.

The Law Enforcement Elder began to sweat.

It was not until the clan leader said to step down that the Law Enforcement Elder retreated.

Next, he inquired elders in charge of teaching, heavenly mechanics, medicine garden, pill hall, talismans, array formations, merit hall, etc., some answered well, some poorly, some worked diligently, some half-heartedly.

Lu Xuanji was unreserved, rewarding those deserving and punishing those in need of it.

"Some cultivators violated family rules!"

"Lu Wenyuan, practicing demonic cultivation techniques, slaughtered a hundred and thirty civilians, deserves death!"

"Lu Wuming, ambushed marketplace guests, violated family rules, deserves death!"

"Lu Quanling, colluded with outsiders, sold out family interests, resulting in spirit medicine leakage."

"Lu Xiaoling, embezzled fifteen hundred spirit stones, sold family assets!"

...

Lu Xuanji started reading out names, around thirty had violated family rules, all sentenced to death... of course, he could show leniency by overlooking or outright expelling them.

Nevertheless, he chose severe punishment because, as the saying goes, treating the disease is saving others; killing is saving lives.

Executing one now, will save ten in the future.

Finishing the list, Lu Xuanji stated: "I don’t expect everyone to obey the law or to be good people; good people don’t last in the cultivation realm. But at least don’t cross basic moral lines, adhere to righteous paths, and family boundaries. If you can’t do this, I will kill you!"

"Slaughter can’t resolve all problems, but it can resolve you!"

"These crimes I announced, do you plead guilty? Are there any omissions?"

"Clan Leader, I have contributed to the family!"

"Clan Leader, my father fought for the family!"

"Clan Leader, I had no choice!"

"Clan Leader, spare my life!"

Those cultivators begged for mercy.

Lu Xuanji asked: "Where is Celestial Punishment Elder?"

"Clan Leader, I am here!"

At this moment, an elder stepped forward.

"Celestial Punishment Elder, it’s time to execute!" Lu Xuanji ordered.

"Yes!"

The Celestial Punishment Elder stepped forward, performing swift executions, blood splattering in the hall.

The cultivators present trembled with fear.

Soon after, cultivators stepped forward to carry the corpses away for burial.

Lu Xuanji smiled, "Next comes the reward segment; some cultivators reaching ninth-layer Qi Cultivation are eligible to apply for the Foundation Establishment Pill; others advancing to ninth-layer Foundation Establishment are eligible to apply for Pure Yang Pill, Purple Mansion Pill, and Nirvana Pill!"